Roof-valley



(No Model.)

P; G. TINNEME'YER.

ROOF VALLEY.

No. 484,263. Patented 001;. 11, 1892.

:IllH/llllllilllllllll lllilllllllllll UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK O. TINNEMEYER, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

ROOF-VALLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,263, dated October 11, 1892.

Application filed March 18, 1892.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK O. TINNE- MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roofing- Valleys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates solely to those roofs which are provided with valleys; and my improvement comprises a novel arrangement of parts whereby the valley-tin can be bodily removed in a few minutes and without detaching any shingles or slates or other coverings or disturbing other fixed portions of the roof. The aforesaid detachable valleytin can be applied to any suitable bed but the preferred form of structure is seen in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my roofing-valley, the tin of the same being partially withdrawn at the ridge. Fig. 2 shows said tin detached from the roof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of the valley, taken in the plane of one of its tie-rods.

By referring to this last illustration it will be noticed that the bed of the valley is composed of a series of wooden strips or planks A, placed side by side and so arranged as to have a concave upper surface, said strips being socured together and fastened to side beams B .B by curved tie-rods O, of which latter any suitable number may be used. Furthermore, it is preferred to have these strips and beams suificiently long to extend from the eaves to the ridge of the roof, although this is immaterial as far as the principle of my invention is concerned.

D is a permanent sheet-metal covering applied to the concave upper surface of bed A in the manner shown.

b b are longitudinal grooves cut in the inner faces of beams B B, which latter project some distance above the valley and are chamfered off on top in order that the shingles,

' slats, or other coverings E E may slope toward the center of said valley.

F F are rafters that support the beams B B, the former being notched on their upper Serial No. 425,421. (No model.)

surfaces, as at f f to admit nuts screwed on the opposite ends of the tie-rod O. Beams B B are secured to these rafters in any suitable manner.

G is the removable valley-tin, which usually consists of a number of sheet metal plates soldered together end to end, so as to afford a practically-continuous covering from the gutters to ridge. This valley-tin is bent to the trough shape shown and is just wide enough to fit snugly within the longitudinal grooves 79 b of side beams B B. After the roof-frame has been built, the side beams B B permanently secured to the rafters, and the tiles or other coverings E E laid the valley-tin G is slipped into the grooves 12 I), either from the bottom or top of the roof,but usually at top. This tin is not to be nailed or otherwise permanently secured in place, but may be retained to prevent it slipping down the grooves and obstructing the gutter. A very convenientmethod of retention would be to provide the upper end of the tin with a flange adapted to project down a few inches on the other side of the valley, provided the latter is double and slopes in two opposite directions, the extreme topof the tins being covered with a ridge cap or saddle. When thus applied, it is evident the tin is the upper or exposed member of the valley, into which the water is shed from the two oppositelyinclined coverings E E, and consequently said tin is the part that is most liable to rust out in time. As soon as this occurs the tin can be grasped at top and pulled bodily out of the grooves b b, which act is clearly suggested in Fig. 1, and after the old tin has been removed a new one can be instantly inserted in its place. It will thus be seen that the Withdrawal of an old valley-tin and the application of a new one are the work of but a few minutes, and as this act can be accomplished without removing a shingle or tile or any other part of the roof there will be no need of employing a tinner or other special mechanic to attend to the repair. Finally, it is evident the edges of the tin are securely housed within the grooves 12 b, and therefore Wind cannot penetrate under said tin and raise it out of the valley.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, in a roofingvalley, of

3. A roofing-valley bed consisting of a series of slats A, arranged side by side and having 15 a concave upper surface,in combination with the side beams B B and a tie-rod O, that unites said slats and beams, as herein described. v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 20 presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK C. TINNEMEYER.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. WALKER, J OSEPH A. SCHAPKER. 

